IVECO on the road with Metallica for the M72 Tour in Eur

Turin, 23^rd May 2024. IVECO, the brand of Iveco Group N.V. (EXM: IVG) that designs, manufactures and markets light, medium and heavy commercial vehicles, is delivering on its partnership with the legendary Metallica for the European leg of the band’s M72 World Tour.

As Metallica gears up to thrill fans across Europe, IVECO is ready to support the tour through eco-friendly transport solutions, trucker engagement initiatives and projects for giving back to the local communities. The tour will stop in nine European cities from May to July: Munich, Milan, Vienna, Helsinki, Copenhagen, Oslo, Clisson, Warsaw and Madrid. The partnership was unveiled in November 2024 during the launch of IVECO’s renewed 2024 full range of vehicles, with the official product launch video featuring the song “It's Electric” as performed by Metallica.

SUSTAINABLE FLEET LOGISTICS
Ground transport for the European leg of the Metallica M72 Tour will be enhanced with an IVECO multi-energy fleet to support the band in reducing its environmental impact as it moves its equipment and production gear between venues. The convoy will include 10 IVECO S-Way heavy-duty Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) vehicles and 4 IVECO S-Way trucks powered by renewable diesel. The use of these low-carbon fuels that are available today at scale will contribute to reducing the CO₂ emission impact of the Tour on the road.

Additional logistics support will be provided by a complementary convoy of 2 electric IVECO S-eWay vehicles (the first electric-born heavy-duty truck fully manufactured by IVECO), 2 IVECO S-Way LNG trucks and 1 IVECO S-Way truck powered by renewable diesel. An IVECO S-eWay Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle will join the fleet in Spain for the final dates of the tour. The IVECO fleet for Metallica is fully connected and remotely monitored 24/7 through the brand’s Customer Uptime Centre.

For the refuelling of the vehicles along the routes to the concert venues, IVECO will leverage its partnership with Shell. The energy company’s network of filling stations will supply low-carbon fuels to enable the vehicles to achieve a low-emission transport journey in an extension of the ongoing agreement with IVECO for the joint development of low-carbon and highly efficient energy solutions. Carbon credits will be purchased by Shell for the calculated well-to-wheel CO₂ equivalent emissions that could not be avoided or reduced through the utilisation of renewable fuels.